Bruce Usher (42) joined EcoSecurities in 2002 as Chief Executive Officer. Mr Usher has extensive experience in creating and building financial services firms. Prior to joining EcoSecurities, he was CEO of Treasury Connect LLC, a financial software firm that provided electronic trading solutions to international banks and institutions. Mr Usher was formerly Chief Operating Officer of the Williams Capital Group, a leading boutique investment bank serving large companies and institutional investors. Prior to that, he spent four years as a Vice President and Trader of Structured Derivative Securities at Lehman Brothers in both New York and Tokyo. Before joining Lehman, he worked for several years trading derivatives at the Chuo Trust & Banking Company in Tokyo. Mr Usher has an MBA from Harvard Business School. Currently Mr Usher holds the position of Adjunct Professor at Columbia University teaching the Finance and Sustainability course.

As Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of EcoSecurities, Mr Usher has overall responsibility for the strategic development of the Group. He is also responsible for implementing the Group's commercialisation strategy for carbon credits with direct oversight of EcoSecurities' commercialisation activities.

 

 

Pedro Moura Costa (42) co-founded EcoSecurities in 1997 with Marc Stuart. Dr Moura Costa has 15 years experience in the Carbon Credits market. He co-developed and managed two of the first Carbon Credit projects in the world, initiated in early 1992, and directly contributed to carbon market design through the development of a series of ground breaking milestones, including the first carbon offset verification service worldwide for Societe Generale de Surveillance. In addition, he developed the carbon trading component of the Australian Plantations Timber, a U$50 million forestry investment fund in Australia, and the NovaGerar project in Brazil, the world's first project to be registered by the CDM - EB. Dr Moura Costa has PhD in plant biotechnology from the University of London.

As President Dr Moura Costa is responsible for overall coordination of the Group's operations with a focus on origination and implementation of emission-reduction projects.

 

 

James Thompson (45) joined EcoSecurities and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2008. James Thompson has over 23 years experience in the corporate finance sector and has spent the last five years as Chief Financial Officer with Greenergy International, an independent renewable energy company specialising in bio transportation fuels, based in London. Prior to this, James held the position of Chief Financial Officer with USIT World and also spent eight years working in the Corporate Finance divisions of ING Barings and Paribas. James began his career with Coopers and Lybrand where he trained as a Chartered Accountant.

As Chief Financial Officer, Mr Thompson is responsible for the Group's financial reporting, treasury and financial management functions. 

 

 

Adrian Fernando (45) joined EcoSecurities in 2007 as Chief Operating Officer. Mr Fernando has over seventeen years of experience in the energy sector, and for the last four years held the board level position of Business Development Director for Star Energy plc, an AIM quoted midstream and upstream oil and gas business. At Star Energy, Mr Fernando was responsible for the development of a gas storage business, including negotiation of long term off-take agreements, resolving regulatory issues and setting up commercial operations. Prior to joining Star, he spent almost 12 years at Amerada Hess Limited where he held several positions, culminating in the position of Deputy Managing Director of Amerada Energy Marketing and Trading. Mr Fernando has a BA in Economics and an MPhil in Development Studies. He began his career as an Economic Advisor for the United Nations in Central America.

As EcoSecurities' Chief Operating Officer, Mr Fernando will be running all operational aspects of the company, with an initial focus on developing and improving organisational systems and processes globally. His specific emphasis will be on the core activities of Origination and Implementation of carbon credits for the Group.